Ritchie demands talks about checkpoint 'prank'

South Down MP Margaret Ritchie is to demand talks with police after Protestant youths were blamed for what was initially described as a dissident republican armed checkpoint.

Ritchie demands talks about checkpoint 'prank'

South Down MP Margaret Ritchie is to demand talks with police after Protestant youths were blamed for what was initially described as a dissident republican armed checkpoint.

After reports that men stopping traffic at around 9pm last night at Attical near Kilkeel had produced a gun, DUP Assembly member Jim Wells said he feared it was an attempt to murder police officers.

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